Let me try to explain simply what proxies are
by describing a scenario to you. Imagine this. You need to call
a scammer, but if you do he'll see your phone number and know where you
live. So what do you do? You drive to the next town and use a phone
box there. Now if he traces the number, he'll only see the phone box
you called from and not your house.

Now imagine the same thing, but this
time you want to hide your location while sending an email to your
scammer. You go to the next town and use a computer there. Again, if
the scammer checks the location of where the email was sent from he'll see it
was sent from a computer in the next town.

Let's think more globally
now. Imagine you could travel to somewhere the other side of the world to
send that email. Better yet, imagine you could write and send it from your
PC, but then relay it from a computer the other side of the world to the
scammer, so if he checks it'll only show the computer thousands of miles
from you it was relayed from.

That's what we're talking about here.
The ability to use a program on the internet at your own location, but make
it appear as if you're using a computer anywhere in the world. Scammers
use them to hide their location from the authorities. Baiters use them to
hide their location from scammers.

"So how do I go about using
proxies?" I hear you ask.

There are several different ways. You can
buy a program like HIDE IP PLATINUM to do the job or you can use Firefox
plugins to do it. Whichever method you use, you'll need a list of
proxies.

Proxy lists are easy to find. Just Google them. Some
proxies are free, some you have to pay for. The choice is yours.
Just be aware of the dangers of using free, open proxies. Some sites ban
proxies, plus it can seriously slow your browsing down. This is why we
tell people that ask about Russian "ladies" using an "internet cafe" but
having a proxy that it's a very good sign that they're dealing with a
scammer. What internet cafe would deliberately install a program that can
slow the internet connection down?